About “Yes”

“Yes” is the 6th track from Coldplay’s fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends. On the album this song is coupled to the hidden track “Chinese Sleep Chant.”

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What have the artists said about the song?

Martin: Everyone was complaining to us about people not buying albums, so we thought maybe the reason people don’t want to buy music is because there’s not enough value for money. So we tried to add a bit of value [with the hidden track, “Chinese Sleep Chant”]. It’s as simple as that. It comes from the supermarket.

Champion: One of the main things we tried to focus on with this record is changing vocal identities, because Chris has a very recognizable voice. Just the idea that you can totally change the sound of a song and the sound of a band, just by treating the vocals a different way. So in a song like “Yes,” Chris is singing in a lot lower register, and then in “Chinese Sleep Chant,” it’s drowned in reverb, and he’s trapped behind all these guitars.